Universities, while playing a very important role in knowledge generation, should lead the way in knowledge protection as well, an expert on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) said at the SOA University here on Tuesday.
“If you don’t do it then somebody else will protect it and take the priority,” Dr Bijay Kumar Sahu, a senior official with the National Research Development Corporation (NRDC), New Delhi, said while addressing a programme organised to observe the World Intellectual Property Rights Day.
Dr Sahu said that it happened in case of turmeric, neem and basmati rice which had been patented in the US. India had to fight the case before the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and got the Intellectual Property Right.
SOA University Vice-Chancellor Prof Amit Banerjee said a full day workshop would be held by the university shortly to extensively cover all aspects of IP, patenting laws, copyrights, understanding copyright and related rights, trademarks, royalty and other issues.